Editor Henry Slocum，
I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books，or e-books，with great interest．You made several good points about the disadvantages of e-books．You may have overlooked，however，some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books．Yes，e-books are expensive，but they are also convenient．In addition，due to their environment-friendly nature, e-books have the potential to change our planet for the better．
E-books, for anyone who is unfamiliar with the term，are about the same size and shape as regular books．They have a large screen in the middle，however．This screen shows the reader a page of text that has been downloaded from a computer．Once the reader has finished reading the page on the e-book screen．he or she scrolls down to see a new page．The process continues until the entire book has been read．
As you pointed out．Mr．Slocum，it's great to lie on a warm，sandy beach with a book．You can do that just as easily with an e-book as you can with a traditional paper book．In fact，because e-books are so light, you can carry them anywhere．Say，for example，that you like to read on the bus．Which would you rather carry with you-a heavy 800-page novel，or an e-book that weighs only a few ounces?
Another important advantage is offered by e-books as well．They are more environmentfriendly than traditional books．At present，thousands of trees are cut down each year to meet the publishing industry’s demand for paper．Books that don’t sell are eventually returned to the Dublisher and destroyed．This terrible waste could be avoided if everyone used e-books，which require no paper．
Sincerely，
David Eng
1.What does Editor Henry Slocum think about e-books?
A．Interesting
B．Environment-friendly
C．Convenient
D．Expensive．
2.In David’s letter, he thinks that______
A．E-books will come down in price
B．E-books do little harm to the environment
C．E-books come in various sizes and shapes
D．E-books are no better than traditional books
3.The main purpose of the letter is to______
A．provide evidence that e-books are a good idea
B．honor the person who invented e-books
C．scold publishers for wasting so much paper
D．explain how to read e-books
阅读下列短文,选出最佳选项。 Three-year-old Teddy Lasry was sleeping in his cowboy outfit (套装) yesterday at his family’s Fifth Ave．apartment when he shot up in bed screaming．A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake twisted around his left arm and had just bitten his little finger．
“The babysitter (a person taking care of children while their parents are away for a short time) was frightened to death,” said Teddy’s father, David Lasry, who, along with his wife, Evelyn, was at work when the snake appeared about 4:00 pm．
The horrified babysitter called 911 and the building’s doorman．The doorman and two cable TV workers helped take the snake off the boy’s arm and put it in a garbage bag．Police rushed Teddy to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he spent two hours attached to a heart monitor as a precaution in case the snake was poisonous．It wasn’t．Experts at the snakebite treatment center at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where policemen took the snake, found out it was a non-poisonous California king snake．
But how did it end up in Teddy’s bed?
A little detective work determined that the snake had escaped two weeks ago from its cage in the apartment of a doctor whose family lives four floors below the Lasrys．The apologetic owner said his son’s pet snake likely traveled up the water pipes and into his neighbor’s apartment．“It’s a very gentle, very harmless snake,” he said．“It’s handled by our family all the time．”
David Lasry believed the pet was simply hungry after two weeks of wandering．Evelyn said her son seems to have overcome his fright by thinking of himself as a hero cowboy as he rode in the back of the police car to the hospital．
“I told Teddy he’s a pretty snake, a nice pet snake who got out of his cage,” Evelyn said．“But he asked, ‘Why did he bite my finger, Mamma?’ And I said, ‘Because he saw that you are a big boy, Teddy, in your cowboy outfit and he got scared．’”
1.What did the babysitter do after Teddy was bitten by a snake?
A．She ran out of the apartment．
B．She called the TV company．
C．She made an emergency call．
D．She took the snake off Teddy’s arm．
2.We can learn from the passage that the snake _______．
A．was poisonous
B．was kept in a cage by its owner
C．was deserted by its owner
D．escaped to the apartment
3.From the passage, we know _______．
A．Teddy needed a heart machine to stay alive for two hours
B．Teddy was awake when the snake arrived
C．Teddy’s mother was at home when the snake turned up
D．the snake was used to being touched
4.Teddy probably believed he was attacked because _______．
A．his parents weren’t at home
B．he was asleep the snake
C．was scared of him
D．the snake was hungry
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Double Angels
It was Christmas Eve, and the stores were going to be closing pretty soon．I was trying to ____ my way through the crowds when a guy in a black coat came up to me , told me that he had lost his brown leather ____and shoved his gray business card into my hand．
Please call me at the number on the card if you happen to find it," he said．I looked at him, shrugged my shoulders and ____, "Yeah, no problem．I'll do that．"
Suddenly, I noticed a flat, green box ____under some wrapping paper．I opened it up to find an amazing ____plate with a Nativity scene on it．There it was．I smiled____, gathered it up and headed____ the cash register．As the cashier was ringing up my ____, I reached into my pocket to get my money．____my pocket was empty! I began to scramble around searching every pocket when I ____I had left my wallet at home．
So I did the only thing I could think of at that moment: I ran outside the store and started to beg people for ___．Some looked at me like I was crazy; others just____me．Finally, giving up, I slumped down on a cold bench feeling totally ____．
I reached down to tie my shoe when I spotted a ____ wallet lying next to the front leg of the bench．I wondered if it ____ be the wallet that the man in the black coat had lost．I opened it and read the name on the driver's license inside．Yep．It was his．Then my mouth dropped in awe ____ I discovered three hundred dollars inside.
I never even questioned what I should do．I found a nearby pay phone and made a/an____call to the number on the gray business card．The man was so excited that he thanked me over and over ．Then he opened up the wallet and ____ me four twenty-dollar bills, thanking me again and I hurried to get my mom a present before the mall closed．
I bought the glass plate and started skating home, ____that everything had worked out．I realized that I had been sort of a Christmas angel for the man who had lost his wallet, and that he had been the same for me when I'd ____ mine．Double angels! I thought．
1.A．take B．make C．set D．get
2.A．scarf B．purse C．wallet D．glove
3.A．told B．said C．replied D．answered
4.A．lain B．hidden C．sleeping D．staying
5.A．glass B．silver C．wood D．china
6.A．proudly B．heavily C．widely D．broadly
7.A．back B．into C．for D．down
8.A．cash B．purchase C．charge D．cost
9.A．But B．And C．So D．For
10.A．thought B．supposed C．realized D．confirmed
11.A．advice B．money C．coffee D．bread
12.A．ignored B．refused C．missed D．hated
13.A．attracted B．confused C．frightened D．defeated
14.A．black B．blue C．brown D．green
15.A．could B．must C．may D．would
16.A．after B．when C．before D．while
17.A．urgent B．brief C．collect D．distant
18.A．paid B．handed C．shared D．showed
19.A．grateful B．helpful C．amazed D．delighted
20.A．forgotten B．missed C．found D．remembered
Fred had to have his car repaired in a garage because it _____ seriously．
A．damagedB．had been damaged
C．was being damagedD．had damaged
— Can you explain your mistake?
— The fact is _______ I didn’t notice the warning．
A．thatB．howC．whyD．what
My iPhone isn’t in my bag．Where ____ I have put it?
A．canB．mustC．shouldD．would
